Firing from the 32nd floor of a hotel, a man armed with semiautomatic rifles, modified to fire faster, rained more than a thousand rounds on a music festival. Public mass shootings have become much more frequent since 2011.

PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNN JOHNSON, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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June 7, 1998, Huff Creek Road, Jasper, Texas | 1 killed

White supremacists murdered James Byrd, Jr., an African American, by chaining him to a pickup truck and dragging him along this road. Evidence circles mark where pieces of Byrd’s body were found.

Rick Best and Taliesin Namkai-Meche were stabbed to death on a train defending two women, one who was wearing a hijab, from a man yelling anti-Muslim abuse. Namkai-Meche’s last words are written on the platform.

Two teen boys struck terror in the hearts of students, teachers, and parents around the world with their shooting rampage at their school, which was methodically planned and mercilessly executed.

PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNN JOHNSON, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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August 12, 2017, Charlottesville, Virginia | 1 killed, 19 injured

A car allegedly driven by a Nazi enthusiast accelerated into a crowd protesting a rally by white supremacists, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. The driver was charged with second-degree murder, among other crimes.